diff --git a/src/jupyter_contrib_nbextensions/nbextensions/varInspector/README.md b/src/jupyter_contrib_nbextensions/nbextensions/varInspector/README.md
index c54d52850..8bdfa8547 100644
--- a/src/jupyter_contrib_nbextensions/nbextensions/varInspector/README.md
+++ b/src/jupyter_contrib_nbextensions/nbextensions/varInspector/README.md
@@ -25,13 +25,12 @@ The initial configuration can be given using the IPython-contrib nbextensions fa
 
 ## Notes
 - The displayed size of variables use the `getsizeof()` python method. This method doesn't work for all types, so the reported size is to be considered with some caution. The extension includes some code to correctly return the size of numpy arrays, pandas Series and DataFrame but the size for some other types may be incorrect. 
-- The extension builds on some
-  [example code](https://github.com/jupyter-widgets/ipywidgets/blob/ffa094e061c899292036049b00ff93e46e8b4691/docs/source/examples/Variable%20Inspector.ipynb)
-  provided by the ipywidgets package (essentially the `_fill` method).
+- The extension builds on some code provided [here](https://github.com/ipython/ipywidgets/blob/master/docs/source/examples/Variable%20Inspector.ipynb)  (essentially the `_fill` method)
 - The extension uses Christian Bach's [table sorter jquery plugin](https://github.com/christianbach/tablesorter). License file is included. 
 
 
 ## History
 
 - @jfbercher march 22, 2017 -- initial release
-- @jfbercher april 03, 2017 -- multiple kernel support. added support for R kernels.
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+- @jfbercher april 03, 2017 -- multiple kernel support. added support for R kernels.
+- @jfbercher june 30, 2017 -- fixed #1014 (use of `%reset` with IPython kernel) and #1015 printing with python 2 kernel.
diff --git a/src/jupyter_contrib_nbextensions/nbextensions/varInspector/main.js b/src/jupyter_contrib_nbextensions/nbextensions/varInspector/main.js
index 4cdd08ab2..e8152e895 100644
--- a/src/jupyter_contrib_nbextensions/nbextensions/varInspector/main.js
+++ b/src/jupyter_contrib_nbextensions/nbextensions/varInspector/main.js
@@ -144,7 +144,13 @@ function html_table(jsonVars) {
 
     function code_exec_callback(msg) {
         var jsonVars = msg.content['text'];
-        $('#varInspector').html(html_table(jsonVars))
+        var notWellDefined = false;
+        if (msg.content.evalue) 
+            notWellDefined = msg.content.evalue == "name 'var_dic_list' is not defined" || 
+        msg.content.evalue.substr(0,28) == "Error in cat(var_dic_list())"
+        //means that var_dic_list was cleared ==> need to retart the extension
+        if (notWellDefined) varInspector_init() 
+        else $('#varInspector').html(html_table(jsonVars))
         
         require(['nbextensions/varInspector/jquery.tablesorter.min'],
             function() {
diff --git a/src/jupyter_contrib_nbextensions/nbextensions/varInspector/varInspector.yaml b/src/jupyter_contrib_nbextensions/nbextensions/varInspector/varInspector.yaml
index 993450840..190f47999 100644
--- a/src/jupyter_contrib_nbextensions/nbextensions/varInspector/varInspector.yaml
+++ b/src/jupyter_contrib_nbextensions/nbextensions/varInspector/varInspector.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Description: The Variable Inspector extension collects all defined variables and
 Link: README.md
 Icon: icon.png
 Main: main.js
-Compatibility: 4.x
+Compatibility: 4.x, 5.x
 Parameters:
 - name: varInspector.window_display
   description: Display window at startup
diff --git a/src/jupyter_contrib_nbextensions/nbextensions/varInspector/var_list.py b/src/jupyter_contrib_nbextensions/nbextensions/varInspector/var_list.py
index 6ef7441a9..2cdb6a21c 100644
--- a/src/jupyter_contrib_nbextensions/nbextensions/varInspector/var_list.py
+++ b/src/jupyter_contrib_nbextensions/nbextensions/varInspector/var_list.py
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
-from __future__ import print_function
-
-import json
 from sys import getsizeof
-
-from IPython import get_ipython
 from IPython.core.magics.namespace import NamespaceMagics
-
+from IPython import get_ipython
+import json
 _nms = NamespaceMagics()
 _Jupyter = get_ipython()
 _nms.shell = _Jupyter.kernel.shell
@@ -24,9 +20,9 @@ def _getsizeof(x):
 
 def var_dic_list():
     types_to_exclude = ['module', 'function', 'builtin_function_or_method',
-                        'instance', '_Feature']
+                        'instance', '_Feature', 'type', 'ufunc']
     values = _nms.who_ls()
-    vardic = [{'varName': v, 'varType': type(eval(v)).__name__, 'varSize': _getsizeof(eval(v)), 'varContent': str(eval(v))[:200]} # noqa
+    vardic = [{'varName': v, 'varType': type(eval(v)).__name__, 'varSize': str(_getsizeof(eval(v))), 'varContent': str(eval(v))[:200]} # noqa
     for v in values if (v not in ['_html', '_nms', 'NamespaceMagics', '_Jupyter']) & (type(eval(v)).__name__ not in types_to_exclude)] # noqa 
     return json.dumps(vardic)